Roy M
2008-06-22 07:39:27
Smarty, you put the cart before the horse about pandering.
What is pandering? Creating policy and messages purely to get the vote. Yes?
John McCain does not have to pander to gays to improve his vote amongst gays compared to Bush. He just has to stay true to where he is now. Even if he does not say another word on the relevant to ‘gay issues’. Of course he MIGHT improve his electoral position by pandering to white conservatives by trying to make himself seem more anti-gay but the problem is that there are a significant number of socialy liberal voters who may loose along the way who aren’t gay.
In particular he will fail to gain the only, if illusory hope, for a republican victory: the Hillary Democrat For McCain.
